English adjective: pokey | |||
1. | pokey wasting time | ||
Synonyms | dilatory, laggard, poky | ||
Similar | slow | ||
Antonyms | fast | ||
2. | pokey small and remote and insignificant | ||
Samples | A jerkwater college. Passed a series of poky little one-horse towns. | ||
Synonyms | jerkwater, one-horse, poky | ||
Similar | provincial | ||
Antonyms | cosmopolitan | ||
English noun: pokey | |||
1. | pokey (artifact) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | ||
Synonyms | clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | correctional institution | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, workhouse | ||